clinician, morning rounds:

"What types of neoplasia can be prevented by ovarihysterectomy?"

silence.

TAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAP of the whiteboard marker on the board.

someone says: "Mammary neoplasia."

"What else?"

silence.

TAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAP

someone else says: "Granulosa cell tumor."

"What else?"

silence.

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someone else says: "Because that is supposed to help us THINK?!?"